A double murderer has been given a life sentence for the "pitiless" killing of his ex-wife and mother-in-law. 44 year-old Sergei Zolotovsky was told he will serve at least 30 years in prison for killing Svetlana Zolotovska and her mother Antonina Belska in East London.

The Russian carried out the killings in August 2010 because he was angry about a financial settlement that had been made as part of his divorce from Svetlana. At his Old Bailey trial, he attended court in a hospital bed after becoming paralysed following a suicide attempt.